2025 in Virginia

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Virginia.

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Glenn Youngkin (R)

Events

• January 1 – FBI agents announce the seizure of more than 150 homemade pipe bombs and other explosive devices from a home in Isle of Wight County.^[1]
• May 21 – Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia's 11th congressional district, dies of cancer at the age of 75.^[2]
• June 23 - In Augusta County, 15 cars of a freight train derail near Dooms Crossing Road. There are no casualties.^[3]
• June 27 – James Edward Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, resigns under pressure from the Trump administration.^[4]
• July 30 – At a Danville magazine company building, a man enters the company office of local city Councilman Lee Vogler and sets him on fire, causing serious injuries. Police say a full investigation is underway, but that the suspect appears to have been motivated by personal reasons and that the attack was unrelated to Vogler's work as a councilman.^[5]
• August 5 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be returned to the cemetery. The statue had been removed in 2023.^[6]
• August 16 - Roblox-Schlep controversy: 2 people, Sanjeev Pinjala and Owen Scanlon, protest at the Dulles Rec Center in Aldie, Virginia as part of the Schlep controversy or 2025 Roblox Schlep Protests. The protest lasted about an hour.
• September 19 – U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert resigns. Siebert had been under pressure by the Trump administration to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, but no charges had been brought.^[7] His successor, Lindsey Halligan, brings charges against James in October.^[8]
• October 3 – Text messages surface from Jay Jones, the Democratic party candidate for Attorney General, in which he suggested the then-House Speaker should be shot and said he and his wife were "breeding little fascists".^[9]
• October 23 – A man from Honduras is killed by a passing car while fleeing immigration agents in Norfolk.^[10]
• November 4
  • 2025 Virginia Attorney General election: Jay Jones wins election to become Attorney General, beating incumbent AG Jason Miyares.^[11][12]
  • 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election: Former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D) wins the gubernatorial election, beating Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears.^[13][14]
• December 4 – The FBI arrests a man suspected of planting pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC buildings in Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021.^[15]
• December 29 – The Department of Justice sues Virginia over allowing in-state tuition for students without legal immigration status.^[16]

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. "FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors say". AP News. January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
2. Quinn, Melissa (May 21, 2025). "Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75". CBS News. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
3. "Fifteen cars derailed in Augusta County train crash".
4. Tucker, Eric; Binkley, Collin (June 27, 2025). "University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
5. Diaz, Olivia; Breed, Allen G. (July 30, 2025). "Virginia city councilman set on fire in workplace attack; suspect charged with attempted murder". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
6. Khalil, Ashraf (August 5, 2025). "Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced in line with Trump's executive order". The Associated Press. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
7. Durkin Richer, Alanna; Tucker, Eric (September 19, 2025). "US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case has resigned". The Associated Press. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
8. Durkin Richer, Alanna; Sisak, Michael R.; Tucker, Eric (October 9, 2025). "New York Attorney General Letitia James charged in fraud case after pressure campaign by Trump". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
9. Bradner, Eric (October 16, 2025). "Jay Jones' violent text messages take center stage in Virginia AG race debate against Jason Miyares". CNN. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
10. Tareen, Sophia; Walling, Melina (October 26, 2025). "Man fleeing immigration agents is fatally struck by a vehicle on a Virginia highway". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
11. McKend, Eva (November 4, 2025). "Jay Jones will become Virginia's next attorney general, CNN projects, overcoming disclosure of violent text messages". CNN. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
12. vascope (November 18, 2024). "Miyares to run for reelection". Virginia Scope. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
13. "Virginia Governor Election Results". The New York Times. November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
14. "Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger is running for governor instead of seeking reelection to the House". AP News. November 13, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
15. Tucker, Eric; Durkin Richer, Alanna (December 4, 2025). "FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP source says". The Associated Press. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
16. Lozano, Alicia Victoria; Grumbach, Gary (December 30, 2025). "DOJ sues Virginia over in-state tuition for undocumented students". NBC News. Retrieved December 30, 2025.